The Election 2019 exit poll results show the Conservative Party securing a majority of 368 seats – ahead of the Labour Party. The results would enable Mr Johnson to deliver on his promise to the British people to “get Brexit done” delivering a huge blow to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The Election 2019 exit poll was released at 10pm this evening, and shows the Conservatives on track to win a commanding 368 seats.
The results show Corbyn’s Labour Party on track to win 191 seats.
If the results of the exit poll are correct, Mr Johnson will have a stronghold in the House of Commons, able to push Brexit legislation through Parliament.
Parliament has been gridlocked in delivering Brexit since Theresa May lost her majority in 2017, and if the exit poll results are accurate, Mr Johnson should now have the ability to deliver on the Tory manifesto.
Boris Johnson is on track to secure a majority according to the exit poll (Image: GETTY)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives with his dog, Dilyn (Image: PA)
Four out of the past five exit polls have accurately predicted the final result.
Around 20,000 people across the UK today were asked to share who they voted for after coming out of polling stations as analysts try to get a grasp of the results before they are fully counted.
Pollsters are doted around hundreds of polling stations around Britain to try to estimate what way the crunch vote is going to go.
The exit poll is based on 144 constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales, with the same constituencies surveyed from one election to the next for consistency.
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Jeremy Corbyn poses outside the polling station at Pakeman Primary School (Image: GETTY)
Voters are often picked at regular intervals by the pollsters employed by polling specialists Ipsos Mori.
The exit poll in 2017 correctly predicted Theresa May would lose her majority during the general election on June 8, two-and-a-half years ago.
The results of the exit poll said the Conservatives would win 314 seats, compared to Labour’s 266 seats, the SNPs 34 seats and the Lib Dems 14 seats.
The actual results of the election in 2017 gave the Conservatives 318 seats, eight short of an overall majority, with Labour securing 262 seats, the SNP 35 seats and the Lib Dems 12 seats.
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Jo Swinson arriving to cast her vote in the election (Image: PA)
In 2017, the Conservatives secured 13,636,684 votes, while the Labour Party obtained 12,877,918 votes.
In 2015, the exit poll correctly predicted the SNP would secure a massive stronghold in Scotland, while suggesting the Conservatives would be the largest Party.
But, the exit poll failed to see David Cameron’s Conservatives securing a majority, suggesting there would be a hung parliament.
The exit poll forecast the Conservative Party would win 316 seats, compared to Labour’s 239 seats, the SNP to win 58 seats and the Lib Dems to only win 10 seats.
Boris Johnson arriving to vote on Thursday (Image: PA)
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In reality, in 2015, the Conservative Party won 331 seats, while the Labour Party won 232 seats, the SNP 56 seats and the Lib Dems only eight seats.
The BBC, ITV News, Sky News 2010 exit poll was near perfect, as it predicted the exact amount of seats the Conservative Party would secure – 307 – 19 seats short of a majority.
It was only three out in predicting the number of seats the Labour Party would secure, and two out in predicting how many seats the Lib Dems would win.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at a polling station to vote in the general election (Image: REUTERS)
The BBC and ITV News 2005 exit poll also correctly predicted Labour would win 356 seats, while overestimating how many seats the Conservative Party would win – but getting the overall result of a Labour majority correct.
In the past, however, the exit poll has made mistakes. Notably back in 1992 when both the BBC and ITN predicted a hung parliament, when instead the Conservative Government held its position.
The results of the 2019 general election will become ever more clear throughout the night as constituencies announce their results.
